Unlike the apartheid years, when rapists got away with lenient sentences, this era was one when rapists received hefty jail terms. Photo: Getty Images
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Fear of testifying in court and being subjected to trauma has led to survivors of rape shying away from reporting perpetrators of sexual violence.
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